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Netanyahu Vows to Eliminate Iran Threat ‘Once and for All’

World 10 November 2026, Israel, Jerusalem: Caretaker Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech on the sidelines of the opening session of the new Knesset. (dpa)

Netanyahu Vows to Eliminate Iran Threat ‘Once and for All’

Israel's caretaker prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday reiterated his calls for a national unity government with his opponent Gadi Eisenkot, as well…

World Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy holds a press briefing in Copenhagen November 10, 2026. (AFP)

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Escalates Criticism of SpaceX Over Speed Caps

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy ‌escalated his criticism of SpaceX on Saturday, saying speed restrictions on its military-grade Starshield…

World Jorge Moreira da Silva, Executive Director of UNOPS (United Nations Office for Project Services), and coordinator of the UN Strait of Hormuz Task Force established by the UN Secretary-General, speaks during an interview with AFP on the sidelines of the 31st United Climate Change Conference (COP31), at the media center located on the Antalya Expo Center in Antalya on November 14, 2026. (AFP)

UN Official Urges Iran, US to Let Fertilizers Through Hormuz Strait

Iran and the United States should "immediately" allow fertilizer shipments through the Strait of Hormuz to ease the crisis in some of the most vulnerable…

World US President Donald Trump attends a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, US, November 11, 2026. (Reuters)

Report: Trump Tells Advisers He May Hold Off on Iran Attacks Barring New Provocations

President Donald Trump has told senior advisers in recent days that he may hold off on attacking Iran if the US faces no new provocations from Tehran or the…

World US President Donald Trump presents the National Medal of Science to Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk during the "A New Golden Age" summit at the US Institute of Peace, renamed The Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace by the Trump administration, in Washington, DC, US, October 8, 2026. (Reuters)

Trump Is Taking Elon Musk on His Asia Trip, but He Plans to Avoid Talking About Nvidia Scandal

President Donald Trump plans to take the world's wealthiest man, Elon Musk, with him next week when he travels to the Philippines and China. As the head of…


World Donald Trump and Tulsi Gabbard (Photo by SAUL LOEB and KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP)

Trump Picks Ex-Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence, Rubio for Secretary of State

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic member of Congress and presidential candidate, to serve as director of national…

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World Palestinians carry the body of a man killed in an Israeli strike in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, on November 13, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. (AFP)

Students Occupy Defense Firm Leonardo’s Turin Headquarters to Protest over Gaza

Around a hundred students occupied Leonardo's Turin headquarters to denounce what they say is the Italian defense group's complicity in Israel's bombardment of…

World An Iranian woman walks past an anti-US mural near the former US embassy in Tehran, Iran, 06 November 2024. (EPA)

US Indicts Suspected Leaker of Classified Documents on Israel’s Plans to Strike Iran

A US government employee has been indicted for leaking classified national defense information, according to federal court records unsealed on Wednesday. The…

World International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi reacts as he chats with members of a youth organization supporting nuclear energy during the United Nations climate change conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan November 13, 2024. (Reuters)

UN Nuclear Watchdog Chief Grossi Arrives in Iran for Talks

UN atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi arrived in Iran for talks on Wednesday, Iranian state media reported, a day after he appealed to Iran's leadership to…

World Türkiye’s President and leader of Justice and Development (AK) Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends an election campaign rally in Istanbul on March 24, 2024, ahead of the March 31 municipal elections. (AFP)

Erdogan Says Türkiye Could Take Joint Steps with Elon Musk on Tech

President Tayyip Erdogan said Türkiye could take joint steps with Elon Musk on technology if opportunities for cooperation in that field arise, broadcaster TRT…

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World United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (R) shake hands at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, 13 November 2024. (EPA)

Blinken, in Brussels, Pledges to Shore up Ukraine Support Ahead of Trump Transition

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken assured NATO on Wednesday that the Biden administration would bolster its support for Ukraine in the few months before…

World Russia, Saint Petersburg: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting at the Konstantinovsky Palace. Photo: Vladimir Smirnov/Kremlin/dpa

Kremlin Says New US Base in Poland Is Aimed at ‘Containing’ Russia

The Kremlin said on Wednesday the opening of a new US missile base in Poland was part of an attempt to contain Russia by moving American military…

World Rescuers work at a site of a Russian missile strike in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine August 27. REUTERS/Stringer

Russia Stages First Missile Attack on Kyiv Since August

Blasts boomed across Kyiv on Wednesday morning after officials said Russia launched its first missile attack on the Ukrainian capital since August, forcing…

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World A villager on a wooden boat paddles on a flooded village caused by Typhoon Toraji in Tuguegarao city, Cagayan city, Philippines, 13 November 2024. (EPA)

Evacuations and Call for Aid as Typhoon Usagi Approaches Philippines

The Philippines ordered evacuations Wednesday ahead of Typhoon Usagi's arrival, as the UN's disaster office sought $32.9 million in aid for the country after…

World Members of the Philippine Coast Guard stand alert as a Chinese Coast Guard vessel blocks their way to a resupply mission at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, March 5, 2024. (Reuters)

China Holds Sea and Air Combat Drills at Disputed Scarborough Shoal

China held sea and air combat drills Wednesday at the disputed Scarborough Shoal, an area of reefs and rocks the Philippines also claims in the South China Sea…

World Photo published by the Iranian presidency on Tuesday of a meeting chaired by Pezeshkian.

Iranian President: We Must Manage Relationship and Confrontation with the US Ourselves

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called on Tuesday for the “management” of the tense relations between Tehran and Washington, emphasizing the need to “deal…

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World FILE - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen answers reporters at the Elysee Palace after a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, Aug. 26, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, File)

France's Marine Le Pen Rejects Embezzlement Claims as Her Presidential Bid Hangs in Balance

For weeks, Marine Le Pen has thrown all her energy into fighting what she calls unfair accusations that her party embezzled European Parliament funds. France’s…

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World Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee speaks to the media at Trump Tower in New York City on November 18, 2016. (AFP)

Trump Picks Mike Huckabee, Pro-Israel Conservative, as Ambassador

President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was nominating former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee as the next US ambassador to Israel, tapping a staunchly…

World Pete Hegseth walks to an elevator for a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York, Dec. 15, 2016. (AP)

Trump Says He Will Nominate Fox News Host Pete Hegseth for Defense Secretary

US President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has picked as his secretary of defense Pete Hegseth, a Fox News commentator and veteran who has expressed…

World Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wears a black "Make America Great Again" ball cap while attending a campaign rally with Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump at the Butler Farm Show fairgrounds on October 05, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. (AFP)

Trump Names Elon Musk to Role Leading Government Efficiency Drive

US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday named Elon Musk to a role aimed at creating a more efficient government, handing even more influence to the world's…

World  A man offers flowers outside the "Zhuhai People's Fitness Plaza" where a man rammed his car into people exercising at the sports center, in Zhuhai in southern China's Guangdong province on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. (AP)

Public Mourns 35 Killed in Attack at Sports Complex in Southern Chinese City

Members of the public paid their respects Wednesday to people killed by a driver who rammed into people exercising a sports complex in southern China, as the…

World President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP)

Trump Meets Biden at White House to Discuss Power Transfer

President-elect Donald Trump returned to the White House on Wednesday for the first time since winning last week's election and sat down for talks about the…

World  President Joe Biden shakes hands with Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto, left, during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP)

Indonesian President Meets Biden and Speaks with Trump, Pledges Cooperation

Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto met with US President Joe Biden at the White House on Tuesday and offered his congratulations to President-elect Donald…

World Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 13, 2024. (Reuters)

Netanyahu Says Iran’s Government Fears Its People More than Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a direct message to Iranians on Tuesday that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's government feared the people of…

World United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers his speech at the UN Climate Change Conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, 12 November 2024. (EPA)

Pay up or Face Climate-Led Disaster for Humanity, UN Chief Warns COP29 Summit

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders at the COP29 summit on Tuesday to "pay up" to prevent climate-led humanitarian disasters,…

World A bulldozer removes damaged cars in the flood-hit municipality of Paiporta, province of Valencia, Spain, 12 November 2024. (EPA)

Spanish Flood-Hit Towns Brace for Another Storm

Flood-hit towns near the eastern city of Valencia were rushing on Tuesday to clear the sewage system of mud and debris, pile sandbags and cancel school classes…

World Rafael Grossi, chief of the IAEA, spoke to AFP on the sidelines of the UN climate summit COP29 - AFP

Nuclear Watchdog Chief Says Room to Maneuver on Iran 'Shrinking'

The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog warned Tuesday that "the margins for maneuver are beginning to shrink" on Iran's nuclear program ahead of an…

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World The Palestinian village of Burqa is seen as an Israeli flag is placed in the Jewish West Bank outpost of Homesh, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

France Summons Israeli Ambassador over Diplomatic Incident in Jerusalem

France's Foreign Ministry summoned Israel's ambassador on Tuesday following an incident involving Israeli security forces during a visit last week by French…

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World Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks to community members, academic figures, tribal sheikhs and officials during his visit, in Basra, Iraq, September 13, 2024. (Reuters)

Iran's President Says Tehran Has to Deal with Washington

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran will not be able to ignore its arch-foe the United States and needs to "handle its enemies with forbearance",…

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